Comments on: I Hate Internet Explorer With A Passion

By: Dan

Dan — Mon, 19 Apr 2010 19:40:27 +0000

I believe there needs to be a movement to get rid of IE or ensure that it is up to par with ALL of the other browsers. If all websites detected IE and redirected to a main page that tells them the website they were trying to visit no longer supports Internet Explorer and allowed the user to read about and pick one of the “good” browsers (Firefox, Safari, Chrome, Opera, etc.), I think we would all be better off.

By: Jc

Jc — Thu, 01 Apr 2010 02:03:54 +0000

I have just completed a full created simple website for one of my customers and it looked very great on Safari, Firefox, Chrome, and Opera, but when testing it on Windows 7 using IE 8, IT ABSOLUTELY DID NOT!!! Why after all of this hard work end up badly to IE?! I’d just put a yellow bar saying “You’re using an unsupported browser! Switch to Firefox or Safari!”

By: IE Fudger

IE Fudger — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 09:25:11 +0000

Oh, I forgot to mention one thing. My number one reason for hating IE is that it’s developer tools are a complete joke when compared to Firebug. IE tools are harder to “explore” the code than any bugs that might be in the code. Notebook is IE’s best debugging tool.

By: IE Fudger

IE Fudger — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 09:20:53 +0000

Writing web sites takes way longer thanks to IE. Even features that MS say should work, don’t work, so even if you Do follow their standards, you’re still wasting your time. I’ve spent WAY too many hours fixing “bugs” that aren’t even bugs. I wouldn’t say I write code that works in IE, I’d say I write patches in IE that fudge the system well enough to appear plausible on some (but not all) occasions. Way too many times I write which says something like (if this is IE, then do something really bizzare, because IE understands that, although nobody else in the world would).

By: Brian Fitz

Brian Fitz — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 22:00:16 +0000

Just thought I would chime in as well. I’ve spent most of the day getting this gorgeous template customized for a client. Man does it look beautiful! Then of course, I go over to IE8 and SPLAT, thing looks downright nasty. So, thank you IE, for wasting the last 1 hour of my time as I try to put in all the necessary hacks in place to make you work how you’re supposed to. Microsoft, if you don’t play by the rules in terms of open Web standards then, by golly, I’ll murk you.

Cordially,
BFeezo

By: Midna

Midna — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 18:26:25 +0000

I hate Internet Explorer with a passion and Love Firefox with a passion!

~Midna

By: jesse

jesse — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 02:36:41 +0000

HOW IS IT POSSIBLE IN 2010 THAT MY FREEKIN WEB BROWSER CAN SUCK SO BADLY?!?!?!?!?!?

I’ve lost uncountable (ok…around 15) emails due to IE.

I’d be almost finished writing a long drawn out business email, and when I go to send, IE freezes and I lose everything.

Firefox NEVER does that.

By: Ralph

Ralph — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 09:38:13 +0000

OMG! I’m working on a site for a client and I thought well lets check it in IE8. Result: Loads of script conflicts (such as PNG Alpha transparency in combination with jQuery opacity statements) and heaps of display problems. I’ve tried to look for a png fix such as the ones for IE6 and came to the conclusion…. THERE IS NOT ONE!!!!!

AND NOW COMES IT!!!!.

I’ve checked all the sites that I made over the last 2 years in IE8 and I was shocked to see that they all have major issues regarding usability, display and functionality.
After cursing for an hour or so and wishing Bill Fucking Gates everything what we don’t want to have, I really don’t know how I’m going to explain my former clients that I need days and in some cases even, weeks, to solve all the issues and that they have to pay for me to do so while actually BILL FUCKING GATES have to pay me for that.

Seriously, I know that I as a web developer can’t ignore Internet Explorer, because there are still too many end users stuck with the shitiest browser on earth, but deep in my Firefox, Opera, Safari, Chrome, etc, HEARTH… I WISH I COULD!

By: marco

marco — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 18:06:30 +0000

Well, I’m working with websites, and I’m sure web developers like me hate Internet Explorer because of its non-standard implementation of html standards. And making Javascript work on Internet Explorer the same way as it should be on Firefox makes my hair fall out.

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